Copy-sheet



R. W. SCHWYBOLD.

COPY SHEET- ION FILED APPL 6,19l9. 1.,371, 13 Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

RAY w. SCHWYBOLD,10F CINCINNATI, onro, ASSIGNOR or 'rwo-rrrmns T0onvrLLE K.

JONES AND FRANK M. PETERS, BOTH or cmcmun'rr, onro. Y

COPY-SHEET.

Specification of Letters Ifatent. 'jf'ate tea lu /1 5 1921;

Application filed April 26, 1319. 2 Serial No. 292,932 I To all whom itmayconcern:

' Be it known that I, RAY W. SOHWYBOLD, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCopy-Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

In the course of business, individuals, firms and corporations receive alarge amount of correspondence which does not require, or in connectionwith which it is not necessary to make out a filing jacket in which thecorrespondence may be kept intact and in order, and it is the experienceof business people that such letters, and replies thereto, becomeseparated in the usual letter file and thus time is lost in gatheringthe correspondence together so as to keep track of letters. To obviatethis, many use pins and the various types of clips on sale, but pinshave been found objectionable because of the fact that they prick thefingers in the handling of the correspondence, and clips have been foundobjectionable because the sheets on which the correspondence is writtenfrequently become detached from said clips. The use of clips increasesthe thickness of the assembled correspondence which takes up valuablefiling space.

The object of my invention is to obviate the necessity of using pins,clips and other fasteners in correspondence files.

A further object of my invention is to provide, as anew article ofmanufacture, a copy sheet of paper having adhesive on both faces thereofand at a marginal part thereof, so that when an answer is made to aninquiry the copy sheet on which the carbon of,

the answer is made, is secured to the inquiry by means of one of theadhesive surfaces, and when a second letter is received 1t 1s secured tothe prior letter by moistening the In the drawing Figure 1 is a planview of one of the faces of'my improved copy sheet. Fig. 2 is a planview of the reverse face of my improved copy sheet. Fig. 3 is an edgeelevation of a series of inquiries and answers bound according to myinvention, the space between the inquiries and answers being.

somewhat exaggerated for the purpose of illustration. 7 c

The reference numeral 1 indicates the face of my improved copy sheet and2 designates abody of adhesive applied across the upper left handcorner-portion of the sheet. The reference numeral 2 designates the rearface of the improved copy sheet and 3 designates a body of adhesiveextending across the upper right hand corner portion thereof so that thebodies of adhesive 2 and 3 register when the sheet is in use.

Referring to Fig. 3, the reference numeral 4 designates the first letterof a file, 5 my improved copy sheet on which is written the answer, 6another inquiry, 7 another copy sheet and 8 another inquiry.

The answer to the letter 4: is secured to said letter by moistening theadhesive body 2 on the copy sheet 5. The next letter in thecorrespondence is secured to the copy sheet 5 by moistening the adhesivebody 3, the

next sheet is secured to the previous correspondence by moistening theadhesive body 2, and the next letter in the correspondence is secured tothe copy sheet 7 by moistening the adhesive body 3.

From the above it will be seen that related correspondence, according tomy invention, may be permanently secured together in regular orderwithout the use of pins, clips and other fasteners and my improved copysheet provides a very ready and simple means of this securing thecorrespondence together.

By the use of my invention it is not necessary to have on ones desk acollection of varied sizes of pins, fasteners and the like, because eachcopy sheet constitutes a combined copy sheet and fastener.

In the use of, my invention the cost of manufacture of the copy sheet isnot-appreciably increased and the metal which would otherwise be used inthe manufacture of various types of fasteners may be converted to otherarts.

Among the many advantages incident are that I provide a combined copysheet and .i

binder; I provide means whereby the use of metal may be conserved; Ieliminate the possibility oi correlatedletters becoming detached; Ireduce thefiling space of cone spondence very materially by reducing thebulk of the correspondence file. In the manufacture of my improved copysheet it is cut to the proper size then passed through the machine whichapplies and dries the adhesive so that the copy sheets may be boxed inthe usualmanner ready for Q sale as a combinedcopy sheet and fastener.

What I claim is: V I V A letter copy sheet'having adhesive on both facesthereof and at a marginal part thereof Whereby'the copy sheet may besecuredto the letter towhich it is an answer, and whereby a secondletter may be secured to the rear face of the copy sheet and where- RAYW. SCHWYBOLD.

